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Judge Pours Salt On the Nanny Mayor Tradition 

Nanny de Blasio embraces the worst of Bloomberg (NYP Ed) Doesn’t it just figure that the one part of the Bloomberg legacy Mayor de Blasio has embraced is the Big Nanny nonsense?  OK, little salt shakers by high-sodium items on restaurant menus isn’t the worst imposition — but it’s still a stupid, pseudo-scientific moralizing gesture. The New York City Health Department’s new high salt warning label.Photo: AP

A judge last week slapped down a restaurant group’s bid to derail the city rule that requires food chains to use the black-triangled salt-shaker symbols.* The National Restaurant Association successfully persuaded an appeals court to issue a temporarily stay on a controversial rule requiring chain restaurants in New York City to alert customers to the high-sodium food that they serve, a day before the rule was scheduled to go into effect.

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de Blasio's Owes His Victory to 3% of  New Yorkers, 80,000 Black Voters and 1 Sharpton 

Governing to 282,344 

New Yorkers

282,344 votes were cast for de Blasio in the 2013 Democratic Primary, about 3% of New Yorkers (8.500.000).  de Blasio tied Bill Thompson, the only African-American in the race, overall at 42 percent of the vote. Sharpton did not back Thompson in the primary.  In the general election virtually every vote cast by black New Yorkers — 96 percent — went de Blasio way.  Of those we have flagged as likely Black (which would exclude Whoopi Goldberg, Spike Lee & David Dinkins), we have 178,843 Dems who voted in 2013 Primary. That is certainly too low.

Many Black New Yorkers Are Seeing de Blasio’s Victory asTheir Own(NYT)In New York the Democratic Primary is the real election, for most elective officers.. In the primary runoff Comptroller John Liu received 127,173 or just 4% of the registered Democrats in the city (3,177,740) in the runoff. De Blasio did a little better with 138, 736, he got 4.4% of the city's democratic voters. John Liu was elected with just 2.7% of all the city's registered voters casting their vote for him.* "This isn’t thecampaign"-Ray Kelly to Bill de Blasio * Bill de Blasio’s Circle of Power(NYT)

Voter's Protest: New York's Decreasing VoterTurnout

The de Blasio Salt Circumcision Connection

The Times writes that the New York City Board of Health’snew high-salt label requirement is “decent,” but its changed approach to a controversial Orthodox circumcision practice could have dreadful consequences: * The Post writes that the de Blasio administration lookseager to “play nanny” like Bloomberg’s did now that it passed a salt warning plan based on science that is “in serious question”:

Nanny Mayor's Back With Salt Warning On the Day the Mayor Stacks the Board of the Health Department -June 9 2015

To Pass Controversial Ultra-Orthodox Circumcision Ritual  

De Blasio Administration Wants High-Sodium Warnings on Menus (NYT) The proposal, which is scheduled to be presented on Wednesday, was denounced by restaurant representatives as overregulation.Under a plan to be presented by the de Blasio administration today, many chain restaurants would have to post a warning label on the menu beside any dish that has more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium. It is the first foray by the mayor into the kind of high-profile public health policies championed by his predecessor, Mike Bloomberg.* Opponents of de Blasio’s proposal to require chainrestaurants to post a warning label on salt-heavy foods said the plan is based on shaky science and will hurt already struggling businesses, the Journal writes: * The New York City Board of Health voted to move forward with a plan to require salt-shaker icons next to menu items with more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium at chain restaurants, the Daily News reports: *City’s chain restaurants fail to provide sodium info on menus (NYP)

de Blasio Stacks the Health Department to Win the 2017 Campaign 

The New York City Board of Health voted to consider waiving a requirement that parents sign a consent form for an Orthodox circumcision ritual that can lead herpes in children, the Times reports:  * At the de Blasio administration’s urging, the NYC Board of Health voted to considerwaiving a requirement that parents sign a consent form for metzitzah b’peh, an Orthodox Jewish circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants. A public hearing will be held in July, and the board is expected to make a final decision in September.

De Blasio has appointed allies to the New York City Board of Health ahead of its planned vote today on an ultra-Orthodox circumcision ritual that has been linked to herpes infections. The mayor has installed numerous allies on the New York City Board of Health as his administration prepares to present a controversial plan that would ease the rules on a circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants. * Now We Know the Reason for the Delay  The de Blasio administration has delayed presenting to the board a proposal that would no longer require parents to sign a consent form before a controversial Orthodox circumcision practice, the Journal reports * De Blasio has placed allies & donors on the Board ofHealth as he seeks to ease rules on a controversial ritual. 

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The Nanny Mayor Continues 

Mini Me Nanny Mayor

In a pint-sized version of ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s attempt to ban super-sized sugary drinks, the NYC Board of Health announced dramatically stricter rules for all licensed city day cares, including a limit on how much juice kids can drink. *LESS JUICE FOR TYKES: NYC Board of Health's new, stricter rules for day cares limit how much juice kids can drink (NYDN) *New York City’s Board of Health announced stricter anti-obesity rules for all licensed day cares, including limiting juice intake to four ounces a day and only allowing it for those 2 or older

Nanny Bloomberg Spreading to the Feds

F.D.A. to Require Calorie Count, Even for Popcorn at the Movies

Bloomberg was slammed fm both left & right for wantingcalorie counts. He was provident. Now it's fedl policy: WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced sweeping rules on Tuesday that will require chain restaurants, movie theaters and pizza parlors across the country to post calorie counts on their menus. Health experts said the new requirements would help combat the country’s obesityepidemic by showing Americans just how many calories lurk in their favorite foods. The rules will have broad implications for public health. As much as a third of the calories that Americans consume come from outside the home, and many health experts believe that increasingly large portion sizes and unhealthy ingredients have been significant contributors to obesity in the United States.* FDA calorie lists go forward despite lobbies, lawsuit threat(NYDN) *

Making Calorie Counts Visible(NYT Ed)

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Son of Nanny Mayor Bloomberg 

Mayor de Blasio hasn't given up ona large sugary drink ban for New York City just yet.  

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Smoking Up: Call the Nanny

New York City's adult smoking rate rose to 16.1 percent in 2013, the third straight year that tobacco use has crept up in a metropolis once known for its innovations in getting people to kick the habit, the Journal reports: \

* City nail salons are woefully under-inspected by state agents, putting customers at risk of health problems like reproductive issues, asthma and even cancer, Public Advocate Letitia James warned, the Post writes:  * A REAL PAIN IN THE BUTT! Smoking rate in NYC rising 16% totopple 1 million, despite heavy health blitz (NYDN)“New York City's adult smoking rate rose to 16.1% in 2013, the third straight year that tobacco use has crept up in a metropolis once known for its innovations in getting people to kick the habit, according to government data released Monday. City officials and public-health workers blamed a steady drop in funding for anti-tobacco programs for the highest rate of smoking since 2007. For the first time in six years, more than a million New Yorkers said they smoked at least occasionally.”* New York City needs to continue its anti-smoking efforts and keep up the pressure on sales of untaxed cigarette dealers and continue a strong ad campaign to persuade daily users to kick the habit, am New Yorkwrites:

One-Legged Basketball?

New York City is considering partnering with a major soda company that “had some issues with the previous administration” as a corporate sponsor in an effort to improve basketball courts at parks around the city City considering soda company partnership to fix basketball courts at 630 parks

EXCLUSIVE: One of the corporate sponsors eager to cough up dollars was 'a soda company that had some issues with the previous administration,'  according to emails obtained by The News through a Freedom of Information request.

Nanny Mayor's Back With Salt Warning On the Day the Mayor Stacks the Board of the Health Department 
To Pass Controversial Ultra-Orthodox Circumcision Ritual  

De Blasio Administration Wants High-Sodium Warnings on Menus (NYT) The proposal, which is scheduled to be presented on Wednesday, was denounced by restaurant representatives as overregulation.Under a plan to be presented by the de Blasio administration today, many chain restaurants would have to post a warning label on the menu beside any dish that has more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium. It is the first foray by the mayor into the kind of high-profile public health policies championed by his predecessor, Mike Bloomberg.* Opponents of de Blasio’s proposal to require chainrestaurants to post a warning label on salt-heavy foods said the plan is based on shaky science and will hurt already struggling businesses, the Journal writes: * The New York City Board of Health voted to move forward with a plan to require salt-shaker icons next to menu items with more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium at chain restaurants, the Daily News reports: *City’s chain restaurants fail to provide sodium info on menus (NYP)

de Blasio Stacks the Health Department to Win the 2017 Campaign 

The New York City Board of Health voted to consider waiving a requirement that parents sign a consent form for an Orthodox circumcision ritual that can lead herpes in children, the Times reports:  * At the de Blasio administration’s urging, the NYC Board of Health voted to considerwaiving a requirement that parents sign a consent form for metzitzah b’peh, an Orthodox Jewish circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants. A public hearing will be held in July, and the board is expected to make a final decision in September.

De Blasio has appointed allies to the New York City Board of Health ahead of its planned vote today on an ultra-Orthodox circumcision ritual that has been linked to herpes infections. The mayor has installed numerous allies on the New York City Board of Health as his administration prepares to present a controversial plan that would ease the rules on a circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants. * Now We Know the Reason for the Delay  The de Blasio administration has delayed presenting to the board a proposal that would no longer require parents to sign a consent form before a controversial Orthodox circumcision practice, the Journal reports * De Blasio has placed allies & donors on the Board ofHealth as he seeks to ease rules on a controversial ritual. 

de Blasio 2017 Re-election Campaign Has Started

The Nanny Mayor Continues 

Sugar Big Soda Wins

Saturday Update De Blasio still fighting for Bloomberg’s soda ban(NYP)* Mayor de Blasio says soda ban will be difficult to enact(NYDN) * Mayor Says Council Not Receptive to Ban on Large Sugary Drinks(WSJ)

The NYC #BigSoda ban is dead. Victory for soft-drinkindustry & setback for advocates urging limits on sugary foods(NYT)* hands of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who pledged last year to push it to the City Council if the courts rejected it, The Wall Street Journal reports: http://goo.gl/eQN2og * New York’s Ban on Big Sodas Is Rejected by Final Court(NYT)* A Tingling sensation — pop goes the soda ban(NYP)* Soda Ruling Gives de Blasio New Choice  (WSJ)* Despite the court ruling striking down his ban on large sugary drinks, former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg remains committed to the idea and was “encouraged” to see his successor defend it.* Laws should be by the people themselves acting through their elected representatives, not by unelected bureaucrats invoking their appointed authority as in the case of the soda ban, the Post writes: 

The city Health Department is rolling out a new ad campaign to deter “light” smokers from lighting up. The new ad blitz, called “Cancer Doesn’t Care,” focuses on encouraging occasional puffers — who make up more than three-quarters of the city’s 1 million smokers — to quit. One slogan reads, “You don’t smoke ‘that much.’ But the day you’ll hear ‘It’s cancer,’ you’ll care.”

SPARRING OVER SUGAR—Bloomberg ‘Big Gulp ban’ goes to New York’s highest court—POLITICO’s Helena Bottemiller Evich: One of the most high-profile fights in the crusade against soda will bubble up again Wednesday when New York City and the American Beverage Association square off in front of a panel of seven judges in New York’s highest court. The case is being argued in front of the state’s Court of Appeals, in Albany, and centers on former mayor Michael Bloomberg’s controversial move to ban sodas larger than 16 ounces at restaurants, movie theaters and other food sellers that fall under the purview of New York City’s health department. http://goo.gl/f6b52O
Big Gulp Ban II

New York City will appeal to the state Court of Appeals in a continuation of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s push to ban sodas that are larger than 16 ouncesBloomberg's soda ban bubbles back to life(NYDN) * New York City soda ban effort gets boost from health groups, hospitals(WABC)

Stores fined for missing or incorrect tobacco warning signs(NYP)

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One More Nanny Mayor Moment

NYC is considering a ban on foam cups and take-out containers(WNYC) *Bloomberg’s anti-cig push: Smoking ruins sex(NYP) * Foam firm fights Bloomberg ban(NYP) *Pro Styrofoam Styrofoam clan’s bid to to block city ban(NYP
* E-cigs may deliver more toxins than smoke, researchers say  * Bloomberg trying to ban e-cigarettes is silly(NYP) * * The New York City Council is all but certain to pass a ban on polystyrene items like Styrofoam or foam containers after a foam cup maker dropped its opposition to the bill, Crain’s reports: * NY court rules against smokers’ claims(NYP) * City Council votes today on banning pet abusers from adopting animals. Here’s how the law works.(NY World) * New York Council Votes to Ban Foam Food Containers and to Curb E-Cigarette Smoking(NYT) * NYC Council OKs potential foam food container ban(NYP) * New York City Extends Smoking Ban to e-Cigarettes(WSJ) * NY City Council Bans Styrofoam And Bars E-Cigarettes Indoors At Marathon Last Meeting(NYDN) * Bloomberg's Public Health Legacy Lauded(Huff Pos

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Nanny Bloomberg

Bloomberg Pays Bodyguard Cops to Keep Their Mouths Shut

Legacy Mode Trans Fat: Bloomberg Declares Victory After FDA Plans Trans Fat Ban * Part of Bloomberg’s legacy: An FDA trans-fat ban.* Does the Bloomberg Administration Deserve Credit for the Federal Trans Fat Policy Shift?(WSJ)
Bodyguards  Bloomberg giving NYPD bodyguards jobs to ‘keep their mouths shut’(NYP) *  Bloomberg's Next Job(WSJ) * Bloomberg giving NYPD bodyguards jobs to ‘keep their mouths shut’(NYP) The cops currently assigned to the outgoing mayor’s security detail have been told there are six-figure jobs waiting for them protecting him as a private citizen. Georgina Bloomberg, who’s pregnant with Mayor Bloomberg’s first grandchild, says her father “isn’t particularly good with children,” adding: “I’m not sure I’ll be having him babysit.* Zap trans fats (NYDN Ed)
Kudos to the FDA for targeting a true public health threat Federal regulators have wisely followed where Mayor Bloomberg led: Artificial trans fats are now on Washington’s naughty list, on the path to being pulled off store shelves.* ‘We Must Be Doing Something Right’: Bloomberg Cheers Federal Trans Fats Ban(NYO) *An Overdue Ban on Trans Fats(NYT Ed) * If It Happened There: Twilight of an Oligarch(Slate) * The New York City Council will hold a hearing Monday on a bill prohibiting the use and sale of plastic foam cups and plates, with Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway testifying on behalf of the Bloomberg administration, the New York Post reports:  * Miguelito has been excellent. Health Department getting ready to toast nanny Bloomberg Gracias  

* New York State ranks 21^st among states when it comes to funding for smoking prevention and cessation programs, and anti-smoking advocates say cuts in state funding are responsible, the Associated Press reports:

The Takeout Item Left on Bloomberg’s Plate(NYT) The Bloomberg administration says the cups and boxes fill up landfills because they cannot be recycled; a foam manufacturer disagrees and has rallied restaurants to protest.




No Smoking Under 21, E-Cigarettes

Vapors and Emotions Rise at Hearing on E-Cigarettes(NYP)
City set to snuff e-cigarettes(NYP) * Council Bill Aims to Limit Use of E-Cigarettes as Their Popularity Grows(NYT) Fearing that e-cigarettes are a gateway to conventional cigarettes, and that they may pose health hazards, the City Council is trying to ban their use in public places.* Council looks to snuff out e-cigarettes(NYDN) * The Power of Cigarette Warning Labels(NYT E)

NYC raises tobacco sales age to 21(NYP)

Bill Signed Raising Age on Tobacco Sales to 21(WSJ)

NYC law banning teen cigarette buyers made official(NYDN)
* The New York City Health Department’s “NYC Quits” campaign to discourage young people from smoking asserts that young men who smoke are more likely to develop erectile dysfunction and females more likely to become infertile, the New York Post writes:

On Bloomberg’s push torequire residential landlords to disclose the smoking rules in their buildings before anyone signs a lease or buys a co-op or condo apartment, the DN says: “Why the heck not?”